by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2015 | Archives
A timber company has reached an 11th-hour, out-of-court settlement with a cattle rancher who claims that salvage logging of beetle-killed forests seriously altered the hydrology of his Chilcotin farmland. Randy Saugstad said Thursday that he considers the settlement...
by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2015 | Archives
Softwood lumber exports were 5-8% higher in Canada, Russia and the Nordic countries in 2014, but lumber prices fell toward year’s end on a strengthening U.S. dollar and weaker wood markets in Europe and Asia. Global trade of softwood lumber has continued to...
by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2015 | Archives
In addition retired MNR forester Ron Waito’s comments on the decline of moose populations here in the Northwest (Moose Decline Follows That of Forest Industry — CJ, April 21), I would like to add a little more detail on the management of our forests over the last four...
by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2015 | Archives
Ontario is investing in forest roads which connect industry to Ontario’s natural resources, supporting local communities by growing the economy and creating jobs in the forestry, mining and tourism sectors. As part of the largest infrastructure investment in...
by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2015 | Archives
Port Metro Vancouver is reviewing its options after a Federal Court judge found its new licensing system that sharply reduced the number of permitted container truckers was imposed unfairly. The new licence system cut up to 600 trucks from the system in January,...
